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Species Odontacarus athertonensis (Womersley, 1945)

Introduction

Some specimens of Odontacarus veitchi were previously misidentified as Odontacarus athertonensis (see Domrow, 1991).

 

General References

Domrow, R. 1991. Acari Prostigmata (excluding Trombiculidae) parasitic on Australian vertebrates : an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1238-1376 (as Odontacarus athertonensis)

Goff, M.L. 1979. The genus Odontacarus (Acari : Trombiculidae) in New Guinea, with descriptions of four new species. Journal of Medical Entomology 15: 143-154 (as Odontacarus athertonensis)

Gunther, C.E.M. 1952. A check list of the Trombiculid larvae of Asia and Australasia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 77: 1-60 (as Acomatocarus athertonensis)

Southcott, R.V. 1986. Description of Odontacarus veitchi sp. nov. (Acarina : Trombiculidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 213-217 (as Odontacarus athertonensis)

Southcott, R.V. 1986. The genus Odontacarus (Acarina : Trombiculidae). II. Observations on the life history and morphology of Odontacarus swani n. sp., and related forms. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 169-200 (as Odontacarus athertonensis)

Southcott, R.V. 1991. Redescription of the larva of Odontacarus (Leogonius) barrinensis (Womersley) (Acarina : Trombiculidae : Leeuwenhoekiinae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 25: 31-37 (as Odontacarus athertonensis)

Veitch, L.G. & Southcott, R.V. 1984. Discriminant analysis using metric data from larval specimens of three species of Odontacarus (Acarina : Trombiculidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 519-526 (as Odontacarus athertonensis)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-May-2013 07-May-2013 MODIFIED
25-Oct-2011 25-Oct-2011 MOVED
29-Jul-2010 29-Jul-2010 MOVED
07-May-2013 09-Jul-2010 ADDED
08-Jul-2010 MODIFIED